Management

SwineCast 0957 Show Notes:

• The National Pork Board's Vice President of Science and Technology, Dr. Dave Pyburn discusses industry adoption of Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) regulations and issues as he talks with Dave Russell.

Modeling the Survival of Foreign Animal Diseases in Feed Ingredients From China to the US Dr. Scott Dee at Pipestone Veterinary Services is tracking feed components as possible disease vectors. He shares some thoughts on this with, highlighting several of the experiments run to prove viruses can survive container shipping from over seas. Dr. Dee suggests that all the touch points along the feed ecosystem pathway need attention so producers and feed mill operators can evaluate and respond to the risks [video].

SwineCast 0956 Show Notes:

• Chelsea Good, Vice President, Government and Industry Affairs at Livestock Marketing Association visits with Dave Russell about the Animal Care Standards Workshop at the conclusion of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture's annual conference in Columbus, OH April 4-6, 2017.